Jumperless
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2023
- This is my entry video for the 2023 #hackadayprize. It goes through some of the things you can do with a Jumperless (this video is a year old, there are a bunch of new things you can do with it now.)
There's also a new version coming out very soon on Crowd Supply that builds on this and makes interacting with it feel a bit more intuitive and "magical".
www.crowdsupply.com/architeut...
You can buy the current model on Tindie here:
www.tindie.com/products/archi...
There's a lot more detail that wouldn't fit in a 4 minute video (or a 30 minute video) here:
hackaday.io/project/191238-ju...
The files and code are here:
github.com/Architeuthis-Flux/...
If you're curious, Jumperless came in 2nd place behind this extremely worthy entry:
• Electromechanical Refr...
(and the guy who made it, Vijay, is an amazing human and I was so stoked to see him win 1st place) 
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give this project a prize. that is a very worthy entry.
a nobel prize of peace (better than bama)
@@urielalbertodiazreynoso6309 I'd love to see that headline,
"World Peace Achieved Due to Some Jumperless Breadboard Thing... err Whatever"
Also I can't believe I was just compared favorably to Obama. I can die happy now.
@@arabidsquid "for his non-violent efforts to liberate the world of the faulty connections of the dupont wires"
@@urielalbertodiazreynoso6309 Haha
Nono give this project to me, I want one
As a breadboard, it's overbuilt. As something entirely new, it's amazing and extremely worthy of notice. Much like an FPGA, the ultimate strength is flexibility. Combined with dynamically reconfiguring, this makes some very interesting prototypes possible. You could even A/B test circuits without powering down!
Exactly. This isn't a breadboard, this is however quite possibly one of the single best electronics teaching tools ever invented at the hardware level.
@@superslash7254 I'm only an electronics hobbyist but I've taken a couple of adult ed classes and this would be really cool for doing those exercises where you compute the voltage, current, etc at various points in a circuit. Seeing paper calculations versus real time multiple simultaneous in-circuit measurements would be awesome.
Yeah great idea and implementation. But for practical use?:
Why not introduce thousands of possible failure points, uncertainties and a effload of additional interference (design, electronic and complicated-wise) to your experiment, prototype or hmm, let's call it punching ball (do you want to destroy this, when fiddling around, testing, designing, etc.), meaning your usual breadboard (they usually do not have a "good life" and life experience, hehe). And why not combine the worst we humans know in terms of contact resistance/reliability and EMI with "rocket science" under the hood. Anyways, I wish the project and Architeuthis Flux good luck and success with his project:)
I agree awesome but overkill. Make something simpler.
You can't think of it like a breadboard, you have to look at its strengths and weaknesses. You shouldn't use a semi to drop your kid off at school, but you shouldn't use a Geo Metro to transport ten tons of lumber. For the relative expense of the system, I'd hope the purchaser had a need more demanding than making a Joule thief. :D
As a disabled maker with no use of my hands, this will change my life.
Message me before you buy one for a steep "this is an assistive device" discount code. I really hope this makes making easier/more fun for you.
1) Netlist checker: Confirm pcb functionality before you order (of course you need pop all the components into the prototyping area... yes, yes not great for smd components, but many parts are available in THL equivalent or just buy mini adapter pcbs to solder it on)
2) Automate reverse engineering PCB products: Build a bed of nails contraption with each pin on jumperless proto area connecting to one of the bed of nails pogo pins.
I think there is a million more!
Oh dang, those are great ideas.
Finally, bringing breadboards into the 21st century. Maybe even the 22nd century. Great job.
This is completely and utterly insane
For someone who learns to use all the features and even programs in new ones, this could be the most essential tool of their development workflow
You are a goddamn genius! Did you invent this yourself?
Also, you are an absolute legend for open sourcing this 💛
As usual, a stunning work of art (the video, the project, the packaging, all of it)
Don't tell the art school I dropped out of that I'm making art without a license. I'm pretty sure that's illegal.
Honestly incredible work and could not have said it as well ^
The machine generated hardware idea made me do a double take! I will wager that this is not the last time I hear about this concept moving into the future...
The problem is that to be really useful you would need a lot of components. Maybe machine generated FPGA designs would be easier to achieve. Or maybe one day we will end up with Field Programmable Analogue Arrays (FPAA).
@@conorstewart2214 You're totally right that this isn't nearly big enough to do really cool things with evolvable hardware. You'd either need a bunch of these or build up circuits by running this to make building blocks for a larger circuit and then run it again with a bunch of evolved modules.
I got really into en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolvable_hardware a while ago and that's actually what led to this project.
It's been in use for vhdl designs a long time.
honestly, this just screams to be repurposed into a hardware puzzle platform. Just imagine a hardwarified TIS-100...
@@LeBoomStudios Holy shit that would be so cool! You could do that game with circuits instead of assembly. Like, "Given a sine wave between 0-100Hz, make the output a DC voltage that's 5V at 100Hz, scaling linearly to 0V at 0Hz" and you'd have to use real parts in the Jumperless to make it happen.
That’s fantastic. 30+ years of my life dicking around with jumper wires will finally end!
Honestly, this thing, or at least the concept with a bit more development, would be an absolute banger for the education sector; basically the circuit builder analog of what block-based coding has done. I know the education sector is often overlooked by the hobby, outside of certain people aiming to make education easier, but this is easily a step towards a very low cost of investment solution that also makes things super intuitive, while also covering multiple areas so it's also easily a singular tool for multiple courses.
idea: fully automated pcb testing, you can setup probes (i.e. pogo pins) with an magnet in the base on a steel sheet with a pick and place setup, with each probe connected to a pin on the board, then you can simply put your board on the bed of pins and it can go through each connection to ensure the pcb is wired correctly, or you could do the same with a 3d printed socket, make some pins-with-a-wire, which you can then plug in the 3d printed reciever, and then automate all the tests if you have a lot of boards.
you can wire a function generator and such to the jumperless, and have those sweep through. other options are stuff like a transistor, capacitor, inductor etc... tester, so you can also test fully built pcbs.
imo an upgrade would be to have a small solid state relay array which can handle higher currents, and maybe a few ghz mux, for hf testing.
This is overengineered solution to problem I didn't know existed...
I simply love it
I need them. I need all of them. That is such a cool Idea. While I enjoy the prototyping of circuits, doing experiments and all, I always found the wiring, checking connections on breadboards a bit tedious and easily getting chaotic once you just add "a few" more components to a breadboard. That seems to be the perfect solution. If there would at some point in the future be one like this in the size of the bigger breadboard, or even with a little breadboard like place to put in a microcontroller...
This just blew my mind, that's an amazing project you made there.
"or even with a little breadboard like place to put in a microcontroller..." I don't wanna sound stupid, I know it has a place for a microcontroller already, but one that is designed like a smaller breadboard could accept not "arduino nano" sized microcontrollers, as some esp32 boards are.
I read further in the comments, i wasn't the first one with these ideas ;)
That's actually a great idea. I already have the clips, so I could just make a little breadboard without power rails with male headers on the back that stick into the nano header and maybe does the LED stuff.
There's also this passive version that kinda does this www.tindie.com/products/architeuthisflux/jumperlux/
I love the idea of guided assembly with this. Send someone a virtual jumper file, but also have automated instructions that walk you through each part and highlight where on the board it needs to be placed.
Okay this is absolutely mad!! Coming back to breadboard projects a day or two later is a disaster. I want one!
I could see this being sold as an electronics learning kit bundled with a software guide, beginning with simple classic circuits, and then progressing in complexity at a rate unique to each individual.
The software could analyze interactions with each user to profile areas of strength and weakness, creating a dynamic and personalized learning experience for each individual.
I think something like that could help new learners from becoming discouraged by complexities that can be perceptively daunting for someone in the beginning stages of learning basic fundamentals. Basically ensuring a reward system of being able to successfully complete newly learned material and see their finished circuit functioning.
There's someone working on training a Llama AI on this board, which would be so freakin' cool and could totally do what you're saying.
Cause yeah, early breadboarding is kinda brutal. I guess it's good to learn that "close enough" doesn't fly in circuit connections early on, but it can discourage people who would otherwise be great engineers.
But this is more complex than a piece of wire connecting simple components. I think learners will be more discouraged by all the extra coding involved to create a simple 555 circuit. The last thing a learner wants is a digital trainer profiling them, especially if the digital trainer had a bug in it's code and profiled them as clueless idiot.
im far from an electronics engineer but this is seriously the coolest thing i've ever seen
3:30" Especially unhinged ones" i already like you
I love the idea of simulating an IC you don't have on hand. That's so cool.
Neat.
You could use it to multiplex test-probes in a test fixture to a benchtop DMM to perform automated testing of circuit boards.
This is amazing, I've wished for, and designed these 'better breadboard' features in my mind many times, but not smart enough to bring it to fruition, very impressed and definitely interested in picking one up.
Wowee. My dad was a software engineer and hobbyist arduino/rpi enthusiast, with a huge passion for learning and teaching in fun and interesting ways. He was also a massive proponent for open source everything.
So naturally this has me thinking of how much he'd love this project, along with how i might use it to make some weird noises 😅 cheers for the good vibes and awesome development 🤘
I have no words but AWESOME!!!
This project is no less than IMPRESSIVE and AMAZING!!! The best ideas NEVER come from the industry engineers teams, they are always from simple people at home like you :)
Thanks! Yeah, the classic joke, "it would take 1 engineer 1 year and 2 engineers 2 years" is especially true here. The crosspoint matrix and path selection code was written on pure vibes. I try my best to make it understandable, but the logic is just so complex and needs to consider so many other things that it takes way less time to write it than to explain it, especially to someone who didn't also come up with the matrix wiring in the first place.
dude no way, this project is actually impressive
As an electronics Engineer, i think this is GENIUS. The ability to reconfigure circuits in real time! This has given me an idea how to do something I've been struggling with for months.
fpga
Can do that with jumpers.
This is junk 🙄
This is beautiful. One thing that comes to mind though, are transient voltages in LC circuits. A separate module just for those circuits would be cool af.
I'm saying this in the best way possible, you're crazy my man. This is insane. Great job.
WTF, the designer of this is a fucking genius!
I'm super tempted to say this thing is nothing more than a gimmick, but the execution is so flawless and the applications are so endless that I am starting to love this thing 👉👈
Right you want to say that. I did to at first because all the RGB turned me off. But I just listened to what he was saying and this device is industry changing.
Just being able to see where your signal is not going at a glance makes it better than anything I've used before.
Now I wish there was a +/-15V variant that could handle SOIC packages...now that would be truly insane...
That would be awesome, I'm considering putting a selector on the next revision to shift the power supplies to be basically unipolar. 18V of Vdd-Vss spread is the limit for these chips (actually I'm running these way above the 14.6V max rating), but the GND can be where ever in that range, so the selector would move the range from [+-9V] to [-2V to +16V], allowing you to work with 12V stuff.
For SOIC stuff I make another passive board with just the breadboard with LEDs, a protoboard, and a bunch of "universal" SMD footprints all wired together that can be snapped apart to use them separately.
www.tindie.com/products/architeuthisflux/jumperlux/
I am also against the LEDification of everything, it's usually just retina-melting garbage that adds nothing. But I finally gave in, and it enhanced the usability sooooo much that I couldn't go back.
And yes there's a brightness control menu so you can turn them down.
@@arabidsquid hehe, it's funny when the creator says they hate LEDfication, so if you do have LEDs on this project, it must be for a very good reason!
I've been on an eternal search for a good selection of +/-15V switches. they are few and good ones are far between. TI makes some really good ones though, but you pay for what you get.
Holy crap... This is amazing... I want this to be something I can buy today!!! In a heart beat!!
Well they're out of stock until next week, so not exactly *today* but you can get on the waitlist here if you like:
www.tindie.com/products/architeuthisflux/jumperless/
This ain't Kickstarter where I tease you with cool hardware and deliver garbage a year later, if at all.
I think the word for this is Awesome. Great work and great on you for open sourcing it.
What an absolutely badass developer. 10/10
I want one!
I don't think I can justify $290 right now, but wow! This is AWESOME!!
Such a crazy product never thought this could be a possible problem.. Great work !!!! Absolutely genius 🤯
This is insane. More, please
This has to be the coolest breadboard project board I have ever seen! Amazing work. =]
About to become a staple in every R&D department across the globe
I was wishing I had something like this just recently. This is such a great educational and prototyping tool!
Every once in a while, something fundamentally new comes out. This is one of those things and will revolutionize the way we play with electronics. What a great idea!
Wow this is crazy powerful. Awesome work!!
love this project man, you absolutley crushed it
This is massive! Amazing work
Finally, some inovation in this field! And beautifully executed, too. Prizeworthy, IMHO. Good luck!
this is absolutely the coolest hardware ive ever seen
As a software engineer who tinkers with breadboard circuits, even if I don't need one of these, I definitely WANT one of these and I'm sure I won't be able to do without it once I have one (or more!)
I'm glad there's people smarter than me making such accessible projects for other people
This is an absolutely amazing invention! Give this project a prize it deserves it. I will be buying one when they're back in stock
Ultimate learning tool as well! WIN!
This is not just a breadboard. This brings many more features and opens an entirely new ease of use and entry to hardware development. Amazing project!
love it , is really an awesome project , also the color , the pattern and the layour is astonishing , i would like to buy one when i can
Finally, the addon for my flipper zero that I never knew I needed o.o
You just made me dig up my Flipper and stick into a Jumperless, it fits and also looks completely ridiculous.
@@arabidsquid Dreamz do cum tru
This is perfect in every way. Kudos!
Absolute genius. Wow. 👏👏👏
I haven't been in the micro electronic scene in ages, but if/when I return, definitely grabbing one. You should be super proud of this!
This is incredible. Thank you for bringing such a thing to my attention.
No words. I haven't felt this type of love in years. This is so beautiful 🥹♥️
That’s awesome!!! An extra plus for the integration with Wokwi
More like an extra plus to @Wokwi for being so damn easy to integrate with.
@@arabidsquid 2 pluses! :)
This is amazing work, thank you for sharing it with the world!
Wow this is amazing and beautifully made! My compliments!👏
this is just fantastic stuff! need one soon!
Amazing! Potentially a million more uses for this project! Can't wait to see it evolve! Kudos for the artistic nuances you have added!
This is amazing! I could actually use this at my work for prototyping, very practical
Amazing idea and design! Good luck on the competition :)
Thank you for this amazing idea!
Holy cow! This is friggin awesome! I'm imagining being able to archive a breadboard layout and then use the LED matrix to guide reassembly.
this is one of the coolest things I've ever seen
This is awesome! A fantastic tool for quick prototyping without having to deal with cables.
This design is simple, beautiful, elegant genius. Thank you for sharing
This is INCREDIBLE. I do feel it needs a sidecar that has flashbang/electro-stench capabilities to scare the crap out of everyone and gives the person that special feeling that the instructor's beady eyes are boring into you.
I love it! I could see using it to make a multimode filter or oscillator, since a lot of those circuits use the same components just in a different order.
Some of those ideas are fantastic!
Evolving a circuit sounds incredibly interesting - and using it as a programmable patch-bay for modular synths - would be genuinely useful.
Oh this is so brilliant! Especially for new components yiu wanna try out, for universal programmers, etc.
This is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen
Def have this in my notes from high school as something I wanted to make. It’s cool seeing someone finally did it.
wow!
If you're going to be a bear, be a grizzly....
this is incredible
such a good idea. i hope these are relatively cheap, like breadboards are. sometimes jumpers are necessary for connecting to extra stuff
This is such a detailed and great project. Definitely see a huge number of hobbyists benefiting massively from this whilst also making the 'throw a quick subsystem on a breadboad to test' thing so much easier.
I think we all appreciate this is a hugely overkill solution to a relatively minor issue..... but screw it, its a great and fun way to solve the problem!!
Love it!
This would be an amazing teaching aid, makes connecting up simple and not so simple circuits easy and quick. Also makes swapping different components in and out to check the outcome very fast. Has limited application outside of that though I would think.
coolest project ive ever seen! i totally want to buy one.
This is absolutely mind blowing.
Stunning 🤯 Especially lightning up holes !
what a fantastic Project!
This would be a fantastic tool in the classroom for teaching... Worthy of a HaD prize? Absolutely!!
This is absolutely insane! I Love it!
Fascinating 🖖 I’m a project engineer, this is fantastic. Thanks
Truly revolutionary! You deserve lots of money
This is incredible, I want it.
Sketching something up on a breaboard isn't always handy. At least I have the flag jumpers taht lay on the breadboard instead of sticking up.
But yeah, this device is amazing and I want it very much.
RUclips randomly decided I needed to see this. I've got basically no electrical engineering knowledge, but that was still a neat watch that seemed like it would be crazy useful.
I thought about building something like for years and had no effin clue how to go about it. This is brilliant!!!
THIS IS INCREDIBLE
This is insane, hope you win mate !
Wow that is actually really cool! Makes me want to start backup building things
This is exceptional. Eagerly awaiting the restock!
Absolutely genius. Excellent work.
Awesome work 🎉. A great idea that is well executed
Awesome project! Thanks for sharing! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
i promise to watch this again, clearly some sort of sorcery
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOW, i have so many ideas... a daisy seed + jumperless= modular synth